Scripting Certification/Core

All Intermediate and Advanced Scripting Certifications require a Core Scripting Certification.

Study Guide

• Recommended tools
  • lslint

Syntax & Logic

Comments

• comment syntax
• When to use comments

Conditionals

• if syntax
  • chained if-else syntax
• for loops
• while loops
• do while loops

Events

• event syntax

Functions

• function syntax
• How to call a function

States

• state syntax
  • How to define a state
  • How to call a state

Debugging

• How to find bugs in scripts
• How to track down bugs in script communications

Asset Permissions

• How to set permissions on assets
• Why setting permissions on assets is important

Setting Properties

• How to use functions that set prim/object properties
• How to read prim/object properties

LSL Caveats/Constraints

• Memory constraints
  • Bytecode
  • Stack
  • Heap
• Event queue limits
• Event timing
• Weird Syntax bugs
  • Nesting lists runtime error
  • Multiple event definitions of the same type
  • jump bug
• Pass by Value everywhere
• Putting a ';' at the end of a conditional.

User Interaction

Chat

• How to send chat for the user to hear
• How to receive chat from objects and users
• How to send chat that only the owner can hear

Dialog

• How to make a dialog box
• How to receive and filter the response of dialog boxes

Instant Message

• How to send an instant message

Script Communications

Chat

• How to send chat so that other scripts can hear it
• How to receive chat from objects and how to filter it

Link Message

• How to send link_messages and receive them

Email

• How to send emails to other prims in SL.

Documentation Styles

• Common ways of commenting code
• Common ways of writing documentation